Adamant IT

A thermal image of a heat pipe cooling a laptop CPU. The pipe is hot on top of the CPU, but cold along its length.

I remembered to post to social accounts. Here's a failed heat pipe. No kinks or bends, just isn't conducting heat. Must've leaked and gone dry inside 🤔

We need to read circuits before injecting, other wise we don't learn - LFC#397 Check out Adamant IT 2 for the Pod Cast and More: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamantIT2I stream on games Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm UK: https://twitch.tv/neth...

A deeper look into a similar problem to last week - this was a good chance to talk about approaching shorted rails and understanding the layout before moving to power injection.

MacBook Pro A1502, No Power Diagnostics - LFC#396 Check out Adamant IT 2 for the Pod Cast and More: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamantIT2I stream on games Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm UK: https://twitch.tv/neth...

In last week's video I went hunting for a short circuit that stops a MacBook Pro from being able to turn on!

I entirely forgot to post anything here. So here's an Asus Zephyrus with Liquid Metal leaking all over the CPU 👌
There's a line of silicone sealant to keep it contained, but I suspect heat and expansion allowed the LM to blow through it.
Took some cleaning, but the laptop survived!

MacBook Pro A2159 stuck on 5v, no power - LFC#374 Check out Adamant IT 2 for the Pod Cast and More: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamantIT2I stream on games Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm UK: https://twitch.tv/neth...

Text-book example of a common MacBook motherboard fault, how we diagnose it, locate it, and fix it 👌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcJ4...

Cleaning up RGB control with OpenRGB - LFC#373 [This video isn't sponsored or anything, I just wanted to tell people about OpenRGB because I think it's great.] RGB management is a mess. But it _is_ possib...

RGB control is annoying, and the reason why a lot of people hate it. But there are a few slick setups that make it a lot less painful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=68HD...

MSI GS65, No display backlight - LFC#372 Check out Adamant IT 2 for the Pod Cast and More: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamantIT2I stream on games Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm UK: https://twitch.tv/neth...

This MSI GS65 Stealth had no backlight - here's how a simple failure caused the backlight filter to catch fire and melt into a solder blob.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIAV...

Logitech K800 USB Port Fix - LFC#371 This Logitech K800 came in with the USB port broken off and rattling around inside. Customer is fond of the keyboard, so wanted it fixed!Check out Adamant IT...

I fixed a wireless Logitech keyboard where the USB port was broken off and rattling around inside👌
I should advertise peripheral repair more...🤔

Minis Forum HM80 Repair, No Power - LFC#370 Check out Adamant IT 2 for the Pod Cast and More: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamantIT2I stream on games Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm UK: https://twitch.tv/neth...

A Minis Forum PC that was stone dead... Here's how we got it working again: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKk...